Ian Austin
@LordIanAustin
From Dudley. Independent Peer. Ex-Labour MP. UK Trade Envoy to Israel. Villa fan. Cyclist 🚴♂️ Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. Pronouns: #UTV
Someone just hired a bot farm to make #Famine_in_Gaza the number one trending hashtag on your timeline right now. How do we know that bot farms are being used to influence public opinion in the UK? Here’s how it works. 🧵 1/10
Why is James O'Brien back on air this morning? There’s been no apology, no explanation, nothing at all as far as I can see yet. Come on @LBC - sort this out now.
This is appalling. It is completely unacceptable. @LBC must deal with it immediately and ensure nothing like this can happen again. I’m sure they’d be taking the presenter off air if racist nonsense was read out about any other minority
Disgraceful. 84% of rapes in @DurhamPolice area go unsolved, the overall crime rate is above national average and criminal damage and arson is double the national average, but they have time to harass someone for going to Israel. I’ll be raising this with the govt.
My story on how influencer mum @MummyisT was referred to Prevent and had police knocking on her door because she made a trip to Israel. Full story below.
This is appalling. It is completely unacceptable. @LBC must deal with it immediately and ensure nothing like this can happen again. I’m sure they’d be taking the presenter off air if racist nonsense was read out about any other minority
For James O'Brien to uncritically read out this outrageous claim as the truth is irresponsible and dangerous journalism. At a time of heightened antisemitism when synagogues and Jewish schools require increased security, the threat created by such unsubstantiated claims is real.…
Not content with refusing to call Hamas terrorists, here the BBC describe them as “Gaza Officials” They broadcast terrorists’ propaganda with no evidence or scrutiny at all and call them “officials”. What a disgrace it has become.
Completely right Great piece by @LordWalney
Recognising Palestine will consign Britain and France to total irrelevance telegraph.co.uk/gift/35cce6a67…
My column for @TheSun explains why the BBC’s biased, inaccurate and disproportionate coverage of Israel fuels racism here in the UK. thesun.co.uk/news/35927998/…
In a week when the BBC has found itself to be on the wrong side of its own editorial guidance, this is yet another failure. There is no distinction between the military and political wings of Hamas in both law and practice. The BBC must take action and Deborah Turness should…
🚨🎥 It’s simple: Protest ✅ Criticising Israeli Govt ✅ Violence ❌ Terrorism ❌ Extremism ❌ Antisemitism ❌ We are *not “all Palestine Action”. Together, we must combat all forms of extremism.
This is deeply moving and dismal. What a cesspit that union has become
Dear @ucu, I was a founder member of UCU and I was a member of AUT before that, but I am resigning today. UCU has been, consistently over that time, by far the most toxic, bullying, antisemitic space I have ever been in. For many years now I have been afraid to speak at…
Delighted to see this. Well done @DovForman Your great grandmother would be very proud of you
I’m humbled to be on the inaugural @TIME 100 Creators list, recognising the “most influential people on the internet”. What began as a lockdown project sharing my great grandma’s holocaust testimony online has become something far beyond what I ever imagined. Thank you ❤️
I’m humbled to be on the inaugural @TIME 100 Creators list, recognising the “most influential people on the internet”. What began as a lockdown project sharing my great grandma’s holocaust testimony online has become something far beyond what I ever imagined. Thank you ❤️
Today, comedian Reginald D. Hunter appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, marking his first appearance in a private prosecution brought by Campaign Against Antisemitism. Mr Hunter is charged with three offences under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, relating to…
Honoured and moving to meet mums and relatives of hostages kidnapped and held in appalling conditions by Hamas for 640 days now. We must all demand - as loudly as we can - #BringThemHomeNow
Nor does the letter mention Hamas or the October 7th atrocities which started this latest conflict
26 former UK diplomats. 164 words. None of them is “hostages”.
British politicians, police and prosecutors apply a double standard when it comes to Israel, writes @LordIanAustin. It's fuelling racism and hatred against Jewish people in Britain.
Ever since it’s creation there has been a tension about the nature of the Labour Party. The Labour Party is a social democratic Party and NOT a far-left ideologically driven revolutionary construct. Zarah is back in the irrelevance of the far-left. And the Labour Party will…
Imagine comparing the suffragettes to people who smash their way into factories, endanger workers and injure police officers and security guards with sledge hammers. And break into RAF base and vandalise military planes. What a nutcase.
thesun.co.uk/news/35637780/… piece by Ian Austin on Glastonbury and the BBC
Bless you, I recall fondly our work supporting the nuclear deterrent. Do bear in mind that Iran is in the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, so from this week it’s a prison sentence of up to five years for failing to register as an agent of the country.